Description
Book SynopsisMireille Fauchon is course leader of the MA Illustration course at Ravensbourne University, UK as well as an illustrator and researcher. Her specialisms include archival research, sociocultural narratives, and the preservation of anecdotal informal' histories, particularly those deemed difficult to access. She has published papers discussing contemporary illustration, her co-authored text
Illustration Research Methods is published by Bloomsbury (2021). Mireille is illustration editor of the literary journal, AMBIT.
Trade ReviewMireille Fauchon continues to pioneer the emerging field of illustration research methods. Her work is relevant in historiography, museum studies, and gender studies, in which creative practice self-reflexively engages with the past. This is a must-read for anyone looking for a way to do history differently. * Jaleen Grove, Rhode Island School of Design, USA *
Table of ContentsPrelims
Part I: Mise-en-Scene 1. An Introduction 2. Illustration; the problems of attributing a name 3. Illustration as Research Method
Part II: The Encounter 4.On how I came to meet Katie Gliddon 5. Eruptions
Part III: Representations 6. Croydon 7. The Bishopsgate 8. Parallel Narratives: engagement activities report 9. Don’t Believe the Papers: creative practice report Conclusion Bibliography
